WEST BENGAL ACT XVI OF 1951
THE REHABILITATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND EVICTION OF PERSONS
IN UNAUTHORISED OCCUPATION OF LAND ACT, 1951
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature]
THE REHABILITATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND EVICTION OF PERSONS
IN UNAUTHORISED OCCUPATION OF LAND ACT, 1951
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature]
[Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary,
of the 9th June, 1951]
of the 9th June, 1951]
As Act to provide for the rehabilitation of displaced persons and eviction of persons in unauthorised occupation of land and for certain other matters connected therewith.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the rehabilitation of displaced persons and eviction of persons in unauthorised occupation of land and for certain other matters connected herewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows:
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the rehabilitation of displaced persons and eviction of persons in unauthorised occupation of land and for certain other matters connected herewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows:
1. (1) This Act may be called the Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons and Eviction of Persons in Unauthorised Occupation of Land Act, 1951.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and shall remain in force for a period of three years from such date.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject Definitions or context,
(1) "displaced person” means any person who in the opinion of Competent Authority-
(a) was ordinary resident in East Bengal but on account of communal disturbances occurring after the 1st day of October, 1946, left East Bengal and arrived in West Bengal on or before the 31st day of December, 1950; and
(b) has no land in West Bengal of which he is the owner; and
(c) has affirmed in an affidavit filed in the office of the Competent Authority that he does not intend to return to East Bengal;
Explanation. - In this clause “East Bengal” means the territories now comprised in the Province of East Bengal forming part of the Dominion of Pakistan.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and shall remain in force for a period of three years from such date.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject Definitions or context,
(1) "displaced person” means any person who in the opinion of Competent Authority-
(a) was ordinary resident in East Bengal but on account of communal disturbances occurring after the 1st day of October, 1946, left East Bengal and arrived in West Bengal on or before the 31st day of December, 1950; and
(b) has no land in West Bengal of which he is the owner; and
(c) has affirmed in an affidavit filed in the office of the Competent Authority that he does not intend to return to East Bengal;
Explanation. - In this clause “East Bengal” means the territories now comprised in the Province of East Bengal forming part of the Dominion of Pakistan.
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